The 2015 Cambridge City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England as part of the English local elections of that year coinciding with the 2015 General Election. [1]
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2015 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 8 | 57.1 | 16 | 24 | 57.1 | 20,279 | 34.5 | -6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 1 | 35.7 | 9 | 14 | 33.3 | 16,257 | 27.6 | -2.0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.8 | 89 | 0.2 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | 10,266 | 17.5 | +4.2 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 9,675 | 16.5 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,261 | 3.8 | +3.0 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Hart | 1,645 | 42.5 | -5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nichola Martin | 831 | 21.5 | +4.9 | |
Green | Monica Hone | 701 | 18.1 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | David Cowan | 696 | 18.0 | +3.9 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carina O'Reilly | 1,673 | 39.1 | -6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Ward | 1,165 | 27.2 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Eric Barrett-Payton | 597 | 13.9 | +0.4 | |
Green | Stephen Lawrence | 568 | 13.3 | -2.3 | |
UKIP | Celia Conway | 281 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Valerie Holt | 1,288 | 30.1 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Patrick Sheil | 1,084 | 25.4 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Simon Mitton | 951 | 22.3 | +11.9 | |
Green | Martin Bonner | 920 | 21.5 | +6.4 | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mark Ashton | 1,839 | 41.5 | -38.5 | |
Conservative | Timothy Haire | 843 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Sexton | 790 | 17.8 | -2.2 | |
UKIP | Alex Crowson | 393 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Green | Phillip Barnett | 364 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Benstead | 1,606 | 38.1 | -13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Cooper | 1,044 | 24.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Barker | 748 | 17.8 | +1.1 | |
Green | Shaun Esgate | 558 | 13.2 | -0.7 | |
UKIP | Bill Kaminski | 259 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gerri Bird | 1,630 | 38.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shahida Rahman | 1,165 | 27.8 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | Alex Boyd | 608 | 14.5 | +5.9 | |
Green | Peter Pope | 466 | 11.1 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Pater Burkinshaw | 327 | 7.8 | -2.0 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Price | 1,367 | 39.0 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Newsam | 726 | 20.7 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Anette Karimi | 552 | 15.7 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Dave Corn | 419 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Green | Angela Ditchfield | 355 | 10.1 | -1.9 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Oscar Gillespie | 1,147 | 27.7 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Danielle Greene | 1,140 | 27.5 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dom Weldon | 1,134 | 27.4 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Daniel Coughlan | 726 | 17.5 | -0.3 | |
Turnout | |||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Markus Gehring | 1,387 | 32.7 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Ewan McGaughey | 1,203 | 28.4 | -4.9 | |
Green | Kate Honey | 947 | 22.4 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Sam Carr | 700 | 16.5 | +3.2 | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Blencowe | 1,632 | 44.0 | -9.0 | |
Green | Atus Mariqueo-Russell | 864 | 23.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Parkin | 795 | 21.4 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Ben Flook | 422 | 11.4 | +2.5 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | George Pippas | 1,502 | 33.7 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Matt Worth | 1,102 | 24.7 | -5.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Bower | 1,093 | 24.5 | +8.2 | |
Green | Joel Chalfen | 546 | 12.3 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Candido Channell | 213 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anna Smith | 1,636 | 37.7 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donald Adey | 1,314 | 30.3 | -7.5 | |
Green | Jane Carpenter | 951 | 21.9 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Rahatul Raja | 436 | 10.1 | +3.0 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Zoe O'Connell | 1,498 | 29.9 | -16.3 | |
Conservative | Daniel John | 1,366 | 27.3 | -7.6 | |
Labour | Nick Gay | 1,182 | 23.6 | +4.5 | |
Green | Ceri Galloway | 751 | 15.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Richard Jeffs | 213 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Damien Tunnacliffe | 1,618 | 37.0 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Mike Sargeant | 1,540 | 35.2 | +4.8 | |
Green | Har Kaur | 537 | 12.3 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Linda Yeatman | 528 | 12.1 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Mary King | 156 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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